[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4831 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4831

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include peer supports as a 
    supportive service within the National Family Caregiver Support 
 Program, to require States to consider the unique needs of caregivers 
whose families have been impacted by substance use disorder, including 
opioid use disorder, in providing services under such program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 2024

  Mr. Budd (for himself and Mr. Lujan) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include peer supports as a 
    supportive service within the National Family Caregiver Support 
 Program, to require States to consider the unique needs of caregivers 
whose families have been impacted by substance use disorder, including 
opioid use disorder, in providing services under such program, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Families Care Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM.

    Section 373 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030s-1) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ``peer supports,'' 
        after ``individual counseling,'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
                ``Priority'' and inserting ``Priority; Consideration''; 
                and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Consideration.--In providing services under this 
        part, the State shall consider the circumstances and unique 
        needs of different types of caregivers, including the needs of 
        children and their older relative caregivers whose families 
        have been affected by substance use disorder, including opioid 
        use disorder.''; and
            (3) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``Not later than'' and all that follows 
                through ``the Assistant Secretary shall'' and inserting 
                ``The Assistant Secretary shall, on a regular basis''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``make 
                available'' and inserting ``prepare, publish, and 
                disseminate''.
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